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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1897
Page
1
An old patent medicine ad touts Simmons Liver Regulator as a safe purgative alterative and tonic for liver biliousness headaches coated tongue and poor digestion. It claims to relieve torpid liver without harsh purging and to restore health for those with stomach heaviness after meals or sleep trouble.
The column mentions the failure of a 1,000,000 appropriation for the Anoka canal, a McKinley compliment, and Illinois politics with district reapportionment placing Woodford in the 11th. It also cites Hypnotic Magazine from Chicago, a call for hypnotism study, and a push for a Benjamin Lundy memorial with Inter Ocean praise.
The city of Glasgow ceased levying taxes for any purpose starting January 1. Public works owned by Glasgow fund city expenses, including street railways, utilities, water, sewerage, farms, tenements, and more. Sewage revenue supports suburban farms, boosting city income and claiming Glasgow as the best managed city.
The nation has endured high tariff regimes and wartime tariffs while winning two wars. It claims vast growth with new states, cities, railroads, telegraphs, homesteads, and factories. Citizens bought agricultural and farm publications for two dollars.
County board met at the county building with Sheriff Paskell and Clerk Hartley present. Franklin was absent as state’s attorney. assistant Lee Ri Kidnear was contacted but未 authorized to serve. The board reported jail sanitary issues and two inmates sick. two members Prack and Woodard ill with pneumonia. They tabled building fee proposals and publishing expenses, and passed a motion thanking Chairman H T Ireland. Real estate transfers listed include Harry G Martin to John I Judd and others. Probate and administrator actions noted, with marriage licenses and a drug advert for Ely’s Cream Balm included.
A Chillicothe notices Andrew Vogelsang hosted a refined cinch party Friday evening. Twenty five games were played with E A Mitchell winning 20 to claim a silver match box prize. A lighthearted prize for the booby went to Joe Poundstone amid playful remarks from W I Mead and others.
A misspelled reminiscence recounts a wife’s illness and recovery after using Dr King’s New Discovery. The anecdote praises physicians in Cowden and Papa, notes a free trial offer at Dr Powell’s drug store, and highlights the medicine’s claimed success against consumption coughs and colds.
A collage of quirky lines and ads from a historical paper notes life moments and curiosities. It promotes the Mount Lebanon Shakers Digestive Cordial as a stomach remedy and calls castor oil a honey flavored laxative for children.
Heavy rains swell northeastern Missouri streams and floodplains with one to three feet of water. Livestock losses and damaged buildings mount as the Missouri River rises. Kansas Texas railroad workers fortify banks near Charles City to meet a possible flood. Mississippi at St Louis sits about 22 feet, six below danger. In Cincinnati the Ohio River nears danger again after a sixth flood cycle in six weeks. Portland Michigan reports Grand River rising four feet, factories closed, ice flows jammed downstream.
Reports from Vincennes Princeton and Evansville detail a disaster on the Evansville Terre Haute line near White River bridge. The train plunged into the river after the trestle failed amid floods. engineer Sears and fireman Bolmany among the dead with several others injured or missing. Rescue and repair efforts underway as wrecking trains clear debris and revive communication.
London reports indicate England and France seek Egypt negotiations while Crete faces mounting strife. British Italian transport ships carry troops and Maxim guns to Kandamo as Greek forces evacuate Crete and a foreign legion is discussed. In Cania Crete fighting rages at the gates with heavy casualties on both sides.
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